- John Moffet
John Moffet (
April 5 ,1831 -June 19 ,1884 ) was a Democratic member-elect of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania .John Moffet was born in
County Antrim, Ireland . He immigrated to theUnited States with his parents, who settled inPhiladelphia . He studiedmedicine in theUniversity of Pennsylvania there and became anapothecary in 1853.He presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Forty-first Congress and served only one month until he was succeeded by
Leonard Myers , who had contested his election (March 4 ,1869 -April 9 ,1869 ).ources
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